1. It's important to be able to present you ideas well, especially in writing.

能充分地表達自己的觀點很重要，特別是以書面形式。——斯泰西斯奈德

 

2. When someone rejects your work, register¹ the fact that they don't' like it, but don't listen to the reason why. People feel that they have to say something, and they often give a capricious justification² to keep from hurting your feelings.

別人否定你的作品時，記住他們不喜歡它這件事實，但別去聽理由。為了不傷害你的感情，人們常會覺得必須得說點兒什么，他們給出的往往是模棱兩可的理由。——馬修威納

 

3. Use the words 'we' and 'us' when referring to your business. Never use 'I' and 'me.' It sounds egotistical.

談到自己的工作時要說“我們”，千萬不要說“我”。這會顯得很自大。——邁克爾布隆伯格

 

4. You could have a 300 horsepower³ motor and get 300 horsepower out of it or you can get a lot less. The people who I see function well are not the ones with the biggest motors, but the ones with the most efficient ones.

一臺標著300馬力的發動機實際輸出的功率可能遠遠小于300馬力。在我看來，能做好事情的人并不是‘馬力最大的'，而是效率最高的。——沃倫巴菲特

 

5. It's important to put the idea of dying⁴ in your daily life because it helps you to appreciate your existence on this planet⁵.

在你的日常生活中，意識到自己正走向死亡很重要，這樣你會對活在這個星球上心存感激。——瑪麗娜阿布拉莫維奇

 

6. When you have to say no, do it nicely. We get pitched about five hundred television shows a year and only put for new ones on the air … but we want those same people to come back to us when they have a hit show.

如果必須拒絕他人，態度友善一點。每年我們收到各方推薦的電視節目近500部，但只播出那些有新意的……但我們希望回頭等這些人制作出熱門節目時，還愿意來找我們。——萊斯穆維斯

 

7. Understanding your strengths and weaknesses can take a long time and can even be a painful process, but it's one of the most important things to do in life.

了解自己的優點和缺點可能需要很長時間，過程甚至會很痛苦，但這是人生中最重要的事之一。——尼廷諾里亞

 

8. Social change is better achieved by being for something than against something.

要實現社會變革，支持某些事是比反對某些事更好的途徑。——海琳蓋爾

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